Vancouver’s West End is filled with beautiful old buildings, like the Queen Charlotte at 1101 Nicola.
The Queen Charlotte Apartments building was built in 1927 by the Dominion Construction Company (thanks to Memory BC). It was renovated in 1979 by Robert Ledingham and now contains 25 strata condos. A Heritage House Tour in 2015 brought the Courier’s Naoibh O’Connor and photog Dan Toulgoet to the Queen Charlotte. The quotes from occasional PT contributor Michael Kluckner are well worth finding in the Courier article.
The photo was taken by W.J. Moore, not Matthews.
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Thanks for the correction. Major Matthews is named for the collection, and W. J. Moore is the photographer.
Was way out of scale with the surrounding single-detached at the time (it dwarfs the house to the right). Totally disrespectful of context and should never have been approved.
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Would be great to see buildings like this approved in single-detached areas today, since this obviously worked out really well and is now a cherished piece of heritage.
Also, maybe the heritage ‘house’ tour needs to become a heritage ‘home’ tour?